Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a action, indie and adventure game developed and published by Yacht Club Games.
Released on April 05th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 11 languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 468 reviews of which 442 were positive and 26 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.35€ on Gamivo.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), 512MB
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Compatible up to 10.15.17 Catalina
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), 512MB
  • Storage: 250 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or newer
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2nd Generation Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), 512MB
  • Storage: 250 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
The BEST shovel knight game. My favourite one at least. Compared to shovel of hope, this game's movement and feel is incredible. I would edge it better. Scythes are the best weapon type, so the main character using one gets bonus points, AND looks like the grim reaper. Genuinely amazing game
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Jan. 2025
The bones of the original Shovel Knight are so good that the developers basically released the same game three different times and bought and enjoyed each and every one. I don't know if I'd call this my favorite but Specter Knight is undeniably cool and fun to play as. What can I say? If you played the original you likely don't need any convincing from me, and if you haven't you should go do that first anyway.
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Nov. 2024
If you don't already have Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove you should probably just get that since it contains this amazing game with 3 other great campaigns included too (and a platform fighter). Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is my favorite platformer of all time. Its such an amazing game to play, everything in it is so well made. All the levels are very fun to go through, the soundtrack is a bop, the story is genuinely great, and theres even more great things with this game im not including, like how you can use your scythe as a SKATEBOARD!!! 10/10 video game please check this game out
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Oct. 2024
7 hours may seem short for some people but I have a massive backlog of games so 7 hours is a reasonable time right now for me. Worth the money (I got it on sale for $4 but even full price it is justified. I will probably come back to this and get some more achievements for it when I get through some more of my backlog. This was also my first shovel knight game and I will definitely be playing the others. Overall 9/10
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Sept. 2024
You can rail grind... 10/10 Being serious tho, this is an amazing game would definitely recommend it (:
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Frequently Asked Questions

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment received 442 positive votes out of a total of 468 achieving a rating of 8.75.
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Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment was developed and published by Yacht Club Games.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a single-player game.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment does not currently offer any DLC.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.

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Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment PEGI 7
8.8
442
26
Game modes
Features
Online players
1
Developer
Yacht Club Games
Publisher
Yacht Club Games
Release 05 Apr 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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